Ministers have been warned against welfare changes that would see people stripped of their benefit entitlements and pushed into poverty ahead of Labour’s crunch Spring Statement.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be revealing the party’s plans on 26 March, with pencilled-in cuts to the benefits bill thought to have risen to as much as £5 billion. This will come alongside a Green Paper from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) outlining the proposals.
